Cat's Cradle
The Triangle’s premier live-music club since the late '70s, this legendary venue hosts local and regional bands as well as nationally known indie acts.
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The Chapel Hill area is a great place to hear live rock and alternative bands. Many of the best music venues are in adjacent Carrboro, while Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street is the spot to create your own pub crawl. As a rule of thumb, the younger crowd heads east of Columbia Street, while the older, post-college set steers west of it.
The Triangle’s premier live-music club since the late '70s, this legendary venue hosts local and regional bands as well as nationally known indie acts.
Setting the standard for craft cocktail bars in North Carolina, the Crunkleton has a knowledgeable staff of mixologists ready to stir and shake drinks. You can also select from a pages-long whiskey list—it includes antique spirits that seem to taste even better in the dark, parlorlike surroundings, with elk and deer busts lording it over the room.